The transition from high school to collegiate bowling didn’t keep Veronica Flanagan from reaching top-flight status this past winter.
The Kiski Area graduate and freshman at Lourdes in the Toledo, Ohio suburb of Sylvania recently was selected to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-American team.
Flanagan, whose prolific high school resume included a WPIBL singles title and league MVP recognition, enjoyed a memorable first college season that included winning the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Bowler of the Year award, the WHAC Newcomer of the Year award and being selected to the NAIA national third team.
She was one of just a select number of underclassmen to be celebrated with All-American status. Only 15 bowlers received All-American honors.
Flanagan won two tournaments and captured conference bowler-of-the-week laurels twice. She broke the program’s single-game record with a 289 in February.
The season had concluded, but Flanagan continued her winning ways Monday with a singles victory at a American Heartland Bowling Association tournament.
Baseball
Allegheny: Ryan Cochran (Deer Lakes) was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Monday after posting a trio of multi-hit performances last week. He batted .700 and slugged 1.300 as the Gators’ designated hitter. He logged team highs in hits (7), runs (6) and extra-base hits (4) and tied for the team lead in RBIs (3) and stolen bases (2). He smacked a three-run homer, the first of his career, in a loss at Baldwin Wallace. Through 17 games, Cochran led the team in batting (.375) and doubles (8), was second in RBIs (13) and scored 18 runs.
Washington & Jefferson: Jack Anderson (Plum) helped the Presidents extend their winning streak to nine games with a doubleheader sweep of Thiel on Tuesday. In W&J’s 8-6 victory in Game 1, the junior infielder/catcher paced the team with three hits and an RBI in five at-bats. The Presidents won 8-3 in Game 2, and Anderson delivered a pair of hits and drove in another run. Through 13 games, he batted .326 with 12 RBIs.
Penn State Altoona: Michael Tedrick (Plum) has made five appearances for the Lions, all in relief, this spring, and the freshman right hander is 3-0. He has struck out 13 batters over 16 1/3 innings of work. Altoona fashioned a 7-9 record through 16 games.
Softball
Chatham: Madi Gorney (Highlands) picked up her first collegiate pitching victory against Bluffton during The Spring Games in Clermont, Fla., earlier this month. She started and pitched the first three innings, giving up just two hits and no runs while striking out three. Chatham got on the board in the fourth and added two in the fifth and one more in the sixth. Gorney helped the offensive cause with a single and a run scored. In 15 games, Gorney batted .333 with three doubles, a home run, five runs batted in and a team-best 12 runs scored.
Washington & Jefferson: Bella Stewart (Burrell) recorded her first collegiate hit and RBI in a 5-2 loss to St. Scholastica at The Spring Games on March 9 in Kissimmee, Fla. Earning the start at catcher, the freshman delivered a single in the fourth to score the Presidents’ first run and tie the game. She came back March 13 and went 1 for 2 with a walk in W&J’s 4-0 win over Mt. St. Mary (N.Y.).
IUP: Jaycee Haidze (Highlands) made 10 starts in her 11 games for the Crimson Hawks so far this season. In those games, she batted .382 with a team-best six home runs and 17 runs batted in. She went 3 for 4 with a double, a home run and four RBIs in an 8-5 victory over Pitt-Johnstown on March 22. She also knocked in four runs, highlighted by a three-run homer, in a 6-2 triumph over Winston Salem (Va.) on March 15.
Women’s basketball
Frostburg State: Julie Spinelli (St. Joseph) was selected to the Division II College Coaches Association Atlantic Region second team March 12 after a standout sophomore season with the Bobcats. She led Frostburg and was third in the Mountain East Conference in scoring at 17.6 points per game. She also placed top 10 in the conference at 7.2 rebounds per contest. Spinelli scored a career-high 33 points in a 94-93 loss to Concord on Dec. 13 and grabbed 15 rebounds in a tough loss to Fairmont on Feb. 28. For her efforts, Spinelli was named first-team All-MEC and helped the Bobcats reach the conference semifinals for the second straight season.
Women’s lacrosse
Gannon: Rayla Smith (Plum) owned the third-most goals (11) for the Golden Knights through eight games played. The sophomore midfielder, who tallied more than 100 goals at Plum, recorded hat tricks in games against Tusculum (March 3) and D’Youville (March 18) and scored twice in a matchup with Lincoln Memorial on Feb. 28. Smith also owned four assists for Gannon, which started 3-5. She owns 34 career goals in 25 collegiate games.
Westminster: Ava Dreher (Freeport) scored her first collegiate goal in the fifth game of her freshman season as the Titans rolled past Geneva on March 21. She scored unassisted in the second period and also tallied an assist, finishing the game with three shots overall. Westminster improved to 4-3 with a win over Point Park on March 18.
Men’s track and field
Westminster: Jake Mull (Apollo-Ridge) recently was selected U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Region for his efforts in representing the Titans in the 2025-26 indoor season. The junior registered the sixth-best time in the 60-meter hurdles in the Mid-Atlantic this year, posting a time of 8.40 seconds at Susquehanna on Feb. 6. He went on to win the 60 hurdles at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships (8.53).